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Published:11:20Tuesday 02 May 2017

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Custodians of Morecambe’s grand old theatre are counting the cost after thieves struck yet again.

Volunteers working to restore the Winter Gardens were furious after culprits – believed to be four youths – got onto the roof and stripped off three to four metres of protective lead in the dead of night.

Evelyn Archer, chairman of the Winter Gardens Preservation Trust, on the roof where protective lead was stolen.

Police were examining CCTV hoping to identify the thieves.

The theft is a blow for the ongoing restoration work at the theatre – which this year celebrates its 120th birthday.

It happened some time between 1am and 2am on Friday, April 21 and was discovered the following Tuesday by volunteers.